Marat Safin vs Karol Kucera — Athens Olympics Round of 64
Athens Olympics · ATP · Round of 64
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 16 August 2004
hard
Safin M.6-0 6-4
Kucera K.
Safin M.
662
Kucera K.
04–
Marat Safin defeated Karol Kucera 6-0 6-4 in the Athens Olympics round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Karol Kucera came in leading the head-to-head 4–2. Marat Safin narrowed the head-to-head to 4–3.
Key context
- Match story: Marat Safin handed Karol Kucera a first-set bagel in a 6–0 6–4 win.
Head to head
2–4| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-10-29 | Paris Masters | R32 | hard | Marat Safin | 7-6(2) 5-7 6-4 |
| 2001-02-09 | Davis Cup WG R1: SVK vs RUS | RR | hard | Karol Kucera | 3-6 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-2 |
| 2000-05-21 | Dusseldorf | F | clay | Karol Kucera | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1999-07-16 | Davis Cup WG QF: RUS vs SVK | RR | clay | Marat Safin | 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-4 |
| 1999-01-18 | Australian Open | R32 | hard | Karol Kucera | 6-2 6-3 6-2 |
| 1998-08-03 | Amsterdam | R32 | clay | Karol Kucera | 6-2 3-6 7-6(5) |
Serve vs return
This seasonServe advantage — Safin M.
Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About
Statistics
This season1st serve in·Even
58%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
74%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
49%
Service points won·Even
64%
61%
Return points won·Even
37%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
64%
57%
Aces / match·Clear edge
8.6
5.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.6
4.5
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 31). ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Draw
Quarter-finals
Gonzalez F.
Grosjean S.
6-22-66-4
Fish M.
Youzhny M.
6-36-4
Massu N.
Moya C.
6-27-5
Dent T.
Berdych T.
6-46-1
R16
Massu N.
Andreev I.
6-36-746-4
Moya C.
Karlovic I.
4-67-636-4
Dent T.
Ljubicic I.
6-46-4
Berdych T.
Robredo T.
7-624-68-6
Youzhny M.
Kiefer N.
6-23-66-2
Grosjean S.
Lopez F.
6-746-46-0
Gonzalez F.
Roddick A.
6-46-4
Fish M.
Mirnyi M.
6-34-66-1
R32
Lopez F.
Safin M.
7-646-3
Youzhny M.
Novak J.
6-46-3
Ljubicic I.
Johansson J.
7-636-4
Andreev I.
Calleri A.
W/O
Fish M.
Ferrero J.
4-67-656-4
Mirnyi M.
Nieminen J.
6-36-4
Kiefer N.
Baghdatis M.
6-23-66-3
Roddick A.
Haas T.
4-66-39-7
Gonzalez F.
Lee H.
7-56-2
Dent T.
Hrbaty D.
7-646-3
Moya C.
Rochus O.
6-07-63
Karlovic I.
Clement A.
7-644-66-4
Massu N.
Spadea V.
7-636-2
Grosjean S.
Arthurs W.
7-626-3
Berdych T.
Federer R.
4-67-57-5
Robredo T.
Santoro F.
1-66-36-4
R64
Youzhny M.
Malisse X.
6-26-2
Roddick A.
Saretta F.
6-37-64
Massu N.
Kuerten G.
6-35-76-4
Spadea V.
Melzer J.
6-06-1
Fish M.
Bjorkman J.
7-671-0
Nieminen J.
Lu Y.
6-36-3
Mirnyi M.
Chela J.
3-67-606-4
Kiefer N.
Voltchkov V.
6-26-4
Novak J.
Henman T.
6-36-3
Grosjean S.
Horna L.
6-27-5
Arthurs W.
Hanescu V.
6-47-64
Lopez F.
Soderling R.
6-33-66-4
Safin M.
Kucera K.
6-06-4
Federer R.
Davydenko N.
6-35-76-1
Berdych T.
Mayer F.
6-37-5
Santoro F.
Volandri F.
6-26-1
Robredo T.
Ouahab L.
6-36-4
Johansson J.
Srichaphan P.
6-26-3
Ljubicic I.
Sargsian S.
6-36-4
Hrbaty D.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-36-4
Dent T.
Niemeyer F.
6-23-66-4
Moya C.
Enqvist T.
7-676-789-7
Rochus O.
Philippoussis M.
3-66-06-1
Clement A.
Lapentti N.
7-656-2
Karlovic I.
Pavel A.
6-46-7106-2
Gonzalez F.
Economidis K.
7-666-2
Baghdatis M.
Carraz G.
5-77-657-5
Ferrero J.
Arazi H.
6-36-1
Andreev I.
Schuettler R.
6-757-626-2
Calleri A.
Beck K.
2-66-38-6
Lee H.
Zabaleta M.
4-66-36-2
Haas T.
Ancic M.
6-17-5